You use the going to talk about how easy or difficult it is to do something. You can also say that something is, for example, hard going or tough going. He has her support to fall back on when the going gets tough. Though the talks had been hard going at the start, they had become more friendly.
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The meaning of GOING is an act or instance of going. How to use going in a sentence.
GOING definition: the act of leaving or departing; departure. See examples of going used in a sentence.
(in combination) Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly. theatre-going, church-going, movie-going
The suffix -going is added after nouns referring to places or events where people gather, to form adjectives that mean "attending or going regularly to (the place mentioned)'': church + -going → churchgoing (= regularly attending church).
see more adjective in full operation “a going concern” synonyms: active full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
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